Notes for Robert Atkinson Gibson

Notes for Robert Atkinson Gibson

!US Census 1880 (5 June) West Virginia, Wood Co., City of Parkersburg, Roll T9_1416, SD 1 ED 162, Sheet 18B, Page 282B, House No. 138 5th St., Lines 21-27: Robert A. Gibson (b. 1846 - 34 - in VA - Occ: Minister - Fa: VA and Mo: VA) married to Susan B. (b. 1849 - 31 - in VA - Fa: VA and Mo: VA). Children listed (born in WV) are: Alexander S. (son b. 1874 - 6); Lucy F. (dau b. 1876 - 5); P. Fannie (dau b. 1877 - 3). ALSO LITED are: Nancy Moore (b. 1830 - 50 - in TN - MULATTO - Occ: Servant - Fa: ?? and Mo: ??); and Rebecca Devol (b. 1855 - 25 - in OH - Occ: Servant - Fa: OH and Mo: OH)

!US Census 1900 (14 June) Virginia, Henrico Co., Richmond Clay Ward, Roll T623_1737, SD 3 ED 56, Sheet 23B, Page 23B, House No. 813 Flaya Avenue, Lines 84-90: Robert A. Gibson (b. July 1846 - 53 - in VA - Occ: Clergyman - Fa: VA and Mo: VA) married 27 years to Susan B. (b. Jan 1849 - 51 - in VA - Fa: VA and Mo: VA) having 5 children born and 5 still living. Children listed are: Alex. S. (son b. Jan 1873 - 27 - in VA - Occ: Lawyer); Lucy F. (dau b. June 1885 - 24 - in VA); Frances P (dau b. Sept 1877 - 22 - in VA); Mary (dau b. Dec 1880 - 19 - in WV); and Churchill J. (son b. Apr 1885 - 15 - in WV)

!US Census 1910 (15-16 April) Virginia, Henrico Co., Richmond Lee Ward, Roll T624_1216, SD 304 ED 100, Sheet 2A, Page 88A, House No. 406 Rail Ave., Lines 13-19: Robert A. Gibson (b. 1847 - 63 - in VA - WIDOW - Occ: Bishop Episcopal Church - Fa: VA and Mo: VA) having 5 children born and 5 still living. Children listed are: Lucy F. (dau b. 1875 - 35 - in VA); Frances P. (dau b. 1878 - 32 - in VA); and Mary (dau b. 1880 - 30 - in WV). ALSO LISTED are: Bertha D. Downey (b. 1886 - 24 - in NC - BLACK - Occ: Cook - Fa: NC and Mo: NC); Carrie B. Robereo (b. 1890 - 20 - in VA - MULATTO - Occ: House Maid - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); and Mamie D. White (b. 1906 - 4 - in VA - BLACK - Fa: NC and Mo: NC)

!The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia- History: Rev. Robert Atkinson Gibson served as the sixth Bishop from 1902 until his death in 1919. Under his guidance, the Blue Ridge archdeaconry was established and many mountain schools, churches and chapels were built, as the pastoral ministry of the Episcopal Church reached into many isolated areas. It was also during his episcopate that the majority of Virginia's black parishes were founded. For the 1907 General Convention that met in Richmond, Bishop Gibson devised a diocesan seal that was to be instructive of the origin and history of the Diocese of Virginia and is still in use as the bishop's seal. He did a great work of repossessing, restoring, reopening and reactivating many of Virginia's colonial churches which had long stood idle or in a state of near ruin. The altar at Shrine Mont is a memorial to his ministry and a testimony to the great love that his people had for him.